Last modified: 2020-11-28 by 
klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: rosenheim(county) | lozengy(white-blue) | water lily(leaf) | lion(red) | falcon | triplemount |
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![[Rosenheim County banner (Germany)]](../images/d/de-ro_.gif)
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image by Stefan Schwoon, 24 Sep 2001
It is a red-yellow-blue vertical tricolour with the arms shifted to the top.
Both vertical and horizontal versions are legally correct, but we can confirm (by M. Schmöger's and my own observations) that the vertical variants are the ones in actual use.
Source: this online catalogue
Stefan Schwoon, 11 Feb 2001 / 24 Sep 2001
![[Rosenheim County flag (Germany)]](../images/d/de-ro.gif)
3:5 image by Stefan Schwoon, 24 Sep 2001
It is a red-yellow-blue horizonzal tricolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Stefan Schwoon, 11 July 2001
![[Rosenheim County banner 1972 (Germany)]](../images/d/de-ro-c1_.gif)
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image by Stefan Schwoon, 11 July 2001
It is a white-blue-yellow vertical tricolour with the arms shifted to the top. The county was merged with Bad Aibling and parts of Wasserburg and adopted new arms and flag after the 1972 municipal reform.
Sources: Linder and Schmidt 2000
Stefan Schwoon, 11 July 2001
Shield parted per pale; at dexter parted per pale of Azure and Argent, two water-lily leaves intertwined by their stems in counterchanged tinctures; at sinister Argent a lion rampant Gules, crowned and armed Or; chief lozengy of Argent and Azure.
Meaning:
The chief shows the arms of Bayern, as a large part of the county belonged for a long time to Bayern. The lower dexter part shows two leaves, taken from the arms of the Frauenchiemsee Convent. These arms are used as a symbol for the Chiemgau area of the county. The lower sinister part shows the lion taken from the arms of the city of Wasserburg.
Source: Linder and Olzog 1996
Santiago Dotor, 15 Nov 2001
Shield parted per pale; at dexter parted per pale of Azure and Argent, two water-lily leaves intertwined by their stems in counterchanged tinctures; at sinister Azure a falcon Or armed Gules on a triplemount Or; chief lozengy of Argent and Azure.
Meaning:
The chief shows the arms of Bayern, as a large part of the county belonged for a long time to Bayern. The lower dexter part shows two leaves of water lily, crossed per saltire, in counterchanged colours and taken from the arms of the Frauenchiemsee Convent. These arms are used as a symbol for the Chiemgau-area in the county. The lower sinister part shows the falcon of the arms of the Counts of Falkenburg, [German Falke meaning falcon] who ruled in the southern part of the county in the 13th century.
Source: Stadler 1964, p.77
Santiago Dotor, 12 June 2003
The new arms were approved on 14 May 1976, the new banner 27 August 1976, the old arms were approved on 4 October 1957, the old banner on 9 March 1965.
Stefan Schwoon, 11 July 2001 and Santiago Dotor, 12 June 2003
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